Preservation assessments and carbon and oxygen isotopes analysis oftooth enamel of Gigantopithecus blacki and contemporary animals from Sanhe Cave, Chongzuo, South China during the early Pleistocene

Quaternary International

Volumn 354, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-58

  Qu, Yating ^a,b   Jin, Changzhu ^a   Zhang, Yingqi ^a   Hu, Yaowu ^a,b   Shang, Xue ^a,b   Wang, Changsui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POACEAE; PONGO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84919959573     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.053     Document Type: Article

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